Saturday, May 31, 2014

from wiki:
The recording was produced by Wood and Gary Kellgren,[46] the co-owner of New York's Record Plant studios,[48] and whose work in taping the Concert for Bangladesh shows at Madison Square Garden had impressed Harrison.[49]
Rodriguez describes the musical arrangement on the song as "a slow soul
groove" and views Wood's version as "more Harrisonian" than Harrison's
later reading.[50] The other musicians on the track were Rolling Stones lead guitarist Mick Taylor, playing bass; Newmark; Wood's fellow Face Ian MacLagan, on electric piano; and Jean Roussel, Cat Stevens' regular keyboard player,[51] on organ.[46]
Harrison's slide guitar and harmony vocals are prominent in the mix,[15][25] yet he received a credit only for his songwriting contribution on early editions of the album.[52][53] While discussing the track in 2012 on Sky Arts HD's The Ronnie Wood Show,
Wood recalled Harrison teaching him the vocal parts for "eighteen
hours", but Harrison's own singing contribution had to be kept to a
minimum in order to satisfy the requirements of "his publishers".[51]

The first Popeye cartoon - apparently it was banned ( ? ) at some point. Slightly politically incorrect I guess. Betty Boop is portrayed as a Hawaiian. Don't know why that would be offensive though. Even to Hawaiians.

From YouTube comments : "This was recorded on Sadie Beck's Plantation on July 16, 1942 by Alan Lomax, who was a 'field collector' of folk music and traveled around with a recording machine on a the back of a flatbed truck.This Wille Brown (there were three of note) also recorded Mississippi Blues (essential) and Make Me A Pallet on Your Floor. Other than that, virtually all other information abou him is unknown. Sad, since this song is deserves much more recognition than it has ever received. A true blues masterpiece."

Thanks Robert for posting the original and covers by The Clash and The Small Faces. Great piano sound on Brenda Holloway's and on the Small Faces cut ! I wonder why the sound is so bad on Aretha's cover - you can hear a door opening or closing in the first moments, and there's no bass from the left hand keys. But Aretha sings the hell out of that song. Too bad the recording engineer did such a poor job on Franklin's great piano work.

Really liked the post of Chip's son's band Colocelot. Nomeansno are sort of math punk-rocky.

Math Rock was/is a genre popular in the 90’s, that was later disavowed by many bands associated with that label. Currently math rock like Colocelot's is enjoying renewed popularity. This style is rhythmically complex, often guitar-based music that emerged in the late 1980s, influenced by bands like King Crimson and 20th century minimalist composers such as Steve Reich. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting), counterpoint, odd time signatures, angular melodies, and extended, often dissonant chords.

Written by Alan Toussaint ( as Naomi Neville ) originally recordeded by Benny Spellman, and most famously covered by The Rolling Stones. There are versions as well by The Hollies, The Who, The Merseybeats and many others. This one is by The Strawberry Alarm Clock recording as Thee Sixpence.

The Fogerty Brothers before CCR. They started out as an instrumental trio in 1959 called The Blue Velvets. In mid-1964 they signed with Fantasy and changed their name to The Golliwogs. In December 1967 they became Credence Clearwater Revival.

In 1964 The Brogues were formed in Merced CA by Eddie Rodriguez, Rick Campbell, Bill Whittington, and Greg Elmore. Gary Duncan joined the band at a later time. The band only recorded six songs, only four were released and they dissolved in 1965. In late '65 Duncan and Elmore were invited by John Cippolina to audition for Quicksilver Messenger Service. I care, because my family lived in the next town north of Merced, Atwater, from 1965 to 1968 when my father was stationed at Castle Air Force Base, not very far from San Francisco. Another notable musicians from the Merced area is Timothy Schmitt of The New Breed, Poco and The Eagles. Lee Michaels, born Michael Olson also grew up in Merced.

And finally, the live version from Waiting For Columbus. Little Feat were a great American band ! "The name of the band came from a comment made by Mothers' drummer Jimmy Carl Black about Lowell's "little feet." The spelling of "feat" was an homage to The Beatles."

Thirteen alternate takes of one of my favorite Beatles songs from the famous 10 hour session for the first album. Really interesting to hear how this song evolved. This is the same session when John sings Twist and Shout. George Martin saved T & S for the very end when Lennons voice was completely trashed. But John tore it up !

This video is great ! Ringo is on drums, and some loyal fan of Mr. Best is in the crowd screaming "we want Pete ". Wonder if that guy felt the same way two years down the line ? There are so many little known Beatles songs. Here's a link to a lot of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljt8tPTrE-4

This huge 1949 hit was produced by Milt Gabler who went on to work with Bill Haley and the Comets in the 50's. Chuck Berry was definitely influenced by Louis Jordan and admits to copping the " double string electric guitar riffs " from Saturday Night Fish Fry.

Nelson Riddle Orchestra with 17 y/o vocalist Sue Raney. The song was written by Meredith Wilson for his 1957 Broadway play The Music Man. It also appeared in the 1962 movie version sung by Shirley Jones.